[smokeyb]

Razor-thin margin in the Senate. Now that the GOP has a little breathing room, Specter may not have the influence he once did by threatening to leave the reservation.

That was their excuse. Even Specter said his election would in no way affect the majority. We were expecting a pickup in the Senate. And if that was their excuse then what is their excuse for putting him in the SJC throne?

[Political Junkie Too]

Unfortunately, Senate tradition and seniority. And the fact that likely replacements didn't want to give up their existing chairmanships.

-PJ